"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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The UCAV competitors won't be in service for years, the
stealthy UAV
mentioned in the link is in (very) limited service now.

They are not all that far off; last I heard the plan was to have an
IOC as early as 07.

Last I heard for UCAN-V (the naval vehicle) was 2015.

And what are the chances that thesurrent stealthy
UAV has a suitable weapons bay capable of handling a decent sized
weapon (this presumably is not a Hellfire class weapon)?

That's a reasonable question. But a bay designed for large reconaissance
sensors might be adapted without too many problems. Or conformal carriage
(especially for JSOW) might be possible.


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